News & Updates
BMC Physician Quality Leaders
In July 2016, BMC reorganized the Physician Quality Leaders, funding fewer quality leaders but giving each more responsibility and time to actually get things done. They report to Dr. James Moses, BMC Chief Quality Officer, and address patient safety events as well as promote hospital quality initiatives. They are also... More
Hem/Onc Section Partners with Bristol-Myers Squibb for Cancer Research
Street Insider publishes article "Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) Announces Research Collaboration with Boston Medical Center to Investigate Markers of Immuno-Oncology Response & Resistance" The hematology/oncology section at Boston Medical Center is partnering with Bristol-Meyers Squibb to investigate biomarkers in a variety of cancers to predict Immuno-Oncology I-O responses. "We look forward to partnering... More
Discovery of the Month: Dec 2018
"Retinoic Acid Signaling is Essential for Airway Smooth Muscle Homeostasis" Felicia Chen, Fengzhi Shao, Anne Hinds, Sean Yao, Sumati Ram-Mohan, Timothy A. Norman, Ramaswamy Krishnan, and Alan Fine Team led by Dr. Felicia Chen of the BU Pulmonary Center demonstrates that "Retinoic Acid signaling maintains airway smooth muscle homeostasis by preventing excessive activation of the TGF-β pathway. We conclude that tonic... More
Elevated Blood Pressure in People Under 40 Poses Hazard of Developing Cardiovascular Diseases Prematurely
High blood pressure or hypertension is a major health problem that affects more than 100 million people in the U.S. (using the current 130 systolic or 80 diastolic) and over one billion worldwide. Despite being considered a disease of older adults, there are two new studies in the Journal of the American Medical... More
American Thyroid Association Names Elizabeth Pearce, MD, BoD President
Professor of Medicine in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Elizabeth Pearce, MD, MSc, has been named president of the Board of Directors of the American Thyroid Association. Her one-year term began in October 2018 and has served as president-elect for the past year. Dr. Pearce received her undergraduate and... More
Fall 2018 Newsletter
Fall 2018 Newsletter
Nina Lin, MD and Manish Sagar, MD, Receive NIH Award to Combat HIV-induced Chronic Inflammation
Congratulations to Nina Lin, MD, Assistant Professor in the Section of Infectious Disease and Manish Sagar, MD, Associate Professor in the Section of Infectious Disease, who along with their colleague Suryaram (Rahm) Gummuluru, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, received a five-year, $3.8 million RO1 Award from the National Institute of Aging... More
AY18 Faculty Awards and Honors
Congratulations to the following Department of Medicine faculty members for their achievements during 2017-2018! The Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) earned the 2017 Sharing Research Resources Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), established “to recognize successful models for sharing biomedical research resources.” Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN, FTOS, Professor... More
AY18 Research Accomplishments
The Department of Medicine would like to recognize the following research accomplishments that occurred during FY18. Congratulations to all the faculty members for their innovative, ground breaking research! Published Studies Receiving Mainstream and Science Media Attention: Bindu Kalesan’s study in the Journal of Affective Disorders found that the average profile of an American... More
Noyan Gokce, M.D., and Ohio University Researcher Awarded NIH Grant
Congratulations to Noyan Gokce, M.D., Professor of Medicine in the Section of Cardiology, who received a 4 year, $2.2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Gokce and his co-principal investigator Vishwajeet Puri, PhD, Professor at The Diabetes Institute at Ohio University, will investigate the relationship... More